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I am negotiating the purchase of a small unattended self storage facility. I would like to install a smart lock that I can use to remotely lock / unlock a roll up door. I found a press release from Janus International about a securguard product that seems to be what I'm looking for. But it doesn't appear...Yesterday, 12:21 PM
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Hello everyone. We currently have one temperature controlled facility with over 400 units that has been open a little over 2 years. We have land that has two different subdivisions going in beside it that we plan to build our second location on. We want our second location to offer various types...17th July 2018, 05:20 PM
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Great article from The Storage Group on how to build and maintain a website. Does your website measure up? What changes would you like to make?17th July 2018, 03:36 PM